What ball king, call me ball god

January 2020, 1, the last game of the 20rd round of the Premier League.

Liverpool host Manchester United.

Double Red Club, Northwest Derby.

It is basically the most famous derby in the UK and a game that fans all over the world will pay attention to.

The points difference between the two teams before this game was only 3 points. One ranked first in the league and the other ranked second in the league. The time when the two teams met was also at the beginning of the second half of the season. It can be said that it was an absolute match. A true championship battle.

In the evening, in the visiting team's dressing room at Anfield.

Link closed his eyes and rested his mind.

The teammates are also doing their own things. Some are closing their eyes like Lin Kedi, some are arranging their sneakers and shin guards, some are listening to music with headphones on, and some are eating something to replenish themselves. energy.

And it all ended with the sound of the door opening.

Ten Hag walked in, clapped his hands, and after seeing all the players looking at him, he started to speak.

"Liverpool's starting list is also out! Fabinho did not start today, and their midfield defense will have certain problems. This is our opportunity, we must seize the opportunity! If we win today's game, then The future will be smooth! Okay! Boys, I don’t need to mobilize for the Double Red Club game! I hope we can conquer this stadium in 90 minutes!”

Afterwards, everyone walked out of the visiting team's locker room while shouting and cheering.

Lin Kedi walked at the front of the team.

Soon, they ran into the Liverpool team.

On the Liverpool side, standing at the front of the team is Henderson.

Neither Manchester United nor Liverpool looked at each other, but looked at the end of the tunnel with serious expressions.

Afterwards, the two sides walked to the court.

Go through the pregame rituals and then pick a side.

Liverpool kicked off first.

Players from both sides are ready, and this much-anticipated double-red meeting is about to begin.

"Now let me first introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides in today's game. Manchester United has arranged a 4231 formation, instead of the 433 single midfielder they have used before. The goalkeeper position is De Gea, and the left back Luke Shaw. The right back is Dalot, the center backs are De Ligt and Lindelof. The double defensive midfielder is Matic on the left and Guimarães on the right. The left winger is Lingard, the right winger is Perisic, and the attacking midfielder It’s De Jong, and the one at the front is Lin Kedi.”

"Liverpool still uses their usual 433 formation. The goalkeeper is Alisson, and the defense is Robertson, Van Dijk, Gomez and Alexander-Arnold from left to right. The midfielder is Henderson, and the left midfielder is Wijnaldum. , the right midfielder is Chamberlain. The left winger is Mane, the right winger is Salah, and the center forward is Firmino.”

"We can notice that Manchester United's left winger started today with Lingard instead of Rashford. Zhang pointed out, do you think this is Ten Hag's special consideration?"

"When Lingard was used by Ten Hag, he actually played a midfielder position every time, paying more attention to the cooperation of the ribs rather than the breakthrough from the wing. Maybe the tactics Ten Hag deployed today are not suitable. Rashford."

"Rashford's recent performance has been good, but his passing ability on the court is still a bit poor."

At this point the game has started.

Liverpool took the lead in attacking. The two teams didn't need to test anything when they came up, especially Liverpool. This is Anfield Stadium, Liverpool's home stadium, so Liverpool immediately started to attack aggressively as soon as they came up.

Liverpool's trident cooperated seamlessly, and the offense played very smoothly.

Firmino was slightly behind, and Mane and Salah were directly at the front, using their speed to attack Manchester United's defense.

Especially Lindelof's side has become the focus of Liverpool's offense.

In the 7th minute of the first half, the ball had been exchanged twice. Generally speaking, the rhythm of this game was very fast. At this time, the ball returned to Liverpool's feet.

Liverpool's left winger Mane took the ball and advanced, and Firmino immediately rushed forward and rushed behind De Ligt.

Although De Ligt guessed that Firmino might be trying to contain Manchester United's defense so that Mane could break through with the ball, he did not dare to gamble, so he still followed Firmino.

After De Ligt was followed away, Lindelof approached right back Dalot, preparing to block Mane.

When Mane arrived in front of Dalot, his speed inevitably slowed down.

Then the posture should swing in the direction of the bottom line.

Dalot followed immediately.

But soon, Dalot knew that his judgment was wrong, because Mane moved his right foot away, and the ball came to his right foot again. Then Mane moved forward and directly shook Dalot away and entered. restricted area.

At this time, Lindelof has to defend Mane alone, which is obviously too difficult, and Dericht does not dare to move casually because Firmino is behind him.At this moment, Guimarães immediately retreated behind Lindelof. In fact, Guimarães had long been observing the movements of the defense, and when he saw Mane reaching the left side of the penalty area, he had already started to move back. Ran.

Now Mane will face the defense of two people.

Mane knew that he would not be able to pass, and was not prepared to try, for fear of losing the ball, so he passed a horizontal arc to Henderson in the middle.

Henderson penetrated into the heart of Manchester United. Although he was still far away from the penalty area, it was not too far away.

In this position, players with long-range shooting ability will often try a long-range shot.

However, after Henderson got the ball, he did not choose a long shot rashly. Instead, he took the ball and pretended to shoot, but suddenly sent a through ball to the right.

Salah had been waiting for a long time. He took three steps and two steps at a time. After catching up with the ball, he made a change of direction and deflected the ball away from Luke Shaw, and then he was about to cut inside.

Matic had also retreated in place at this time, blocking De Ligt. Salah did not choose to pass the ball like Mane.

Instead, he took two steps laterally and shot directly from an angle.However, this shot was too obvious. A goalkeeper with such good goal-line skills and high concentration like De Gea would naturally save the ball directly.

"Corner kick! Liverpool's corner kick. This is the first corner kick since the start of the game. Liverpool's offense during this period has been too fierce. Manchester United must find a way!"

Although the commentator Zhan Jun is a Liverpool fan, he must be willing to speak for Manchester United at this time because of Lin Kedi.

In fact, in China, although many fans are fans of other strong teams in the Premier League, they all hope that Lin Kedi can perform well without exception.

Then the corner kick was taken.

Liverpool's corner kick was hit by Wijnaldum, but it missed the goal and flew out of the baseline.

Ball exchange.

This time De Gea immediately ran behind the goal and asked the ball boy for the ball.

Because the caddy was from Liverpool, he was reluctant to give it to me at first.

After taking some time to get the ball, De Gea returned to the goal and saw that Liverpool had retreated in place.

But even so, De Gea still threw the ball out to Luke Shaw on the left.

Luke Xiao took the ball and took a step forward, then passed it to Matic in the midfielder position.

After Matic got the ball, he knew that he couldn't move forward much, so after getting the ball, on the one hand, he was wary of his opponent's attack, on the other hand, he observed the situation on the field, and decisively passed the ball to Guimarães in front.

Guimarães immediately moved forward after receiving the ball.

This position is Chamberlain's defense zone, and he came up to intercept Guimarães.

But Guimarães is like a bulldozer. Although his physical fitness was not very good when he first joined Manchester United, in the six months since he came to Manchester United, Ten Hag's coaching staff has turned him into a flexible waist. To practice.

In short, Guimarães now seeks a balance between physical strength and flexibility. Chamberlain wanted to intercept, but Guimarães picked up with his right foot and then hit him directly. Chamberlain was hit hard and could not react. Knocked away.

Obviously Guimarães used a clever move rather than really aiming for a foul.

Guimarães then looked up and looked forward, dribbling the ball forward while observing.

At this time, De Jong immediately ran to the left. Guimarães remembered Ten Hag's words before the game and decisively handed the ball over.

The ball rolled in front of De Jong, and Guimarães gave him an advance, which allowed the player receiving the ball to make better movements.

Whether it's shooting or passing, it will be more comfortable if you have advance time.

The fact that Guimarães can make such a pass shows that his passing ability has been greatly improved.

Ten Hag saw Guimarães' pass from the sidelines and couldn't help but nod and said to assistant coach Mitchell: "His passing has improved, not bad."

De Jong, who caught the ball, did not hesitate after taking the ball because he had already looked up and observed before catching the ball. The moment after catching the ball, he first moved and then looked up to observe. After these two observations, he The next passing route has already been decided.

For whom?
Need I say more?Of course it's Link.

De Jong passed the ball with the outside of his right foot, trying to pass it to Lin Kedi.

The difference between an outside instep pass and a normal pass is that it has an arc. In many cases, defensive players cannot judge it at all.

At this time, Van Dyke stepped forward and wanted to steal the ball, but as I said just now, the arc of this kind of ball would be very strange. Van Dyke wanted to intercept the path of the ball, but the ball ended up with a The angle of the arc reached Lin Kedi's side.

Generally, it is a bit troublesome for the players to get the ball when it is on the player's side. On the contrary, it is very beneficial to the defensive players on the side.

When Lin Kedi faced such a ball, he picked up the heel of his left foot, and the ball seemed to be hugged by two hands, holding the ball to the front and right of Lin Kedi's body.

"Wow - this challenge! The ball landed just in front of Lin Kedi's body and in front of his right foot. This challenge! Wow! What a skill!"

Zhan Jun couldn't help but admire.

Next, Lin Kedi broke into the penalty area and crossed into Van Dijk.

Then, use your right foot to move the ball to the left and shoot with your left foot.

Lin Kedi looked at Allison.

Allison's focus has changed.

But Lin Kedi was unmoved and suddenly stabbed with his right foot.

Not the far corner, but the near corner.

Lin Kedi was stunned by this sudden stab.

Alisson had no reaction.

Watching the ball into the net.

1:0.

"It's in! The ball is in! In the first 10 minutes, Lin Kedi scored the first goal. For 10 minutes, Liverpool had the home advantage and suppressed Manchester United. But it was this counterattack that Lin Kedi made the final decision! 1 to 0 [-]! Manchester United is ahead at Anfield!" (End of this chapter)